Herman Guetersloh:
Diverse experiences merge in Herman’s background. A native of West Texas, he was an established farmer and businessman. With the early seventies came a life-style change as he moved to Houston to study Civil Engineering, obtaining Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Rice University with an emphasis on Structural Engineering. While working in the engineering field, he carved a career in art – creating unique structural basketry forms.

As a contemporary basket weaver, I place strong emphasis on both form and color. My work has evolved from that of a simple, single-wall, traditional basket using natural flat and round reeds to that of double-wall, contemporary basketry focusing on sculpture rather than function. My primary concern is constructing sculptural forms that utilize colors in an array of abstract patterns. Each piece must be unique. My baskets never look the same and will not have uniformity of shape, color, pattern or size in a series. Each new basket is an experiment and thus, my work is continually changing.

Each year, the Katie Gingrass Gallery takes Guetersloh's work to SOFA Chicago.

Impact	Pagoda I
Pagoda III	Crystal Bay
Tradition	Coral Sea